1850 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1850 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins^{[5] [6]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell^[2]
  • Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet^[9]
• Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (from 4 May)^[10]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn^[11]
• Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh^[12]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley^[13]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet^[14]
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite^{[15] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell^{[16] [17]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant^[18]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short^{[19] [20]}
• Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall^{[21] [22] [23]}

Events

• 18 March – Opening of the Britannia Bridge.^[24]
• 3 April – G. T. Clark marries Ann Price Lewis, a descendant of one of the original partners in the Dowlais Ironworks.^[25]
• 18 June – Opening of the South Wales Railway between Chepstow and Swansea.^[26]
• October – The Merthyr Board of Health is founded, with John Josiah Guest as its first chairman.^[27]
• November – The first issue of the periodical Y Drych is printed, though not in circulation for another two months^[28]
• 14 December – 13 men are killed in a mining accident at New Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash.^[29]
• unknown dates
  • The Llanelli Board of Health is founded, with William Chambers as its first chairman.^[30]
  • Vaendre Hall in the village of St Mellons is completed, the home of the industrialist John Cory.^{[31] [32]}

Arts and literature

New books

• Thomas Edwards (Caerfallwch) – Geirlyfr Saesoneg a Chymraeg, An English and Welsh Dictionary
• 'Elen Egryn' (Elin Evans) – Telyn Egryn (poems)^[33]
• Elijah Waring – Recollections and Anecdotes of Edward Williams^[34]
• Morris Williams (Nicander) – Y Psalmwyr

Music

• September – North Wales Musical Festival is held at Rhuddlan Castle.^[35]

Births

• 1 January – Evan Rees (Dyfed), minister, poet and archdruid (died 1923)^[36]
• 4 January – Griffith J. Griffith, industrialist (died 1919)^[37]
• 16 April – Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, inventor (died 1885)^[38]
• 24 November – John Aeron Thomas, politician (died 1935)
• date unknown
  • Alfred Davies, footballer (died 1891)^[39]
  • John Evan Davies, minister and author (died 1929)^[40]
  • Owen Owen, teacher and schools inspector (died 1920)^[41]

Deaths

• 11 April
  • David Hughes, clergyman and writer, 64?
  • Edward Hughes (Y Dryw), poet, 77^[42]
• 18 April – John Richards, Welsh-born US politician, 85
• 19 April – Sir John Edwards of Garth, politician, 80^[43]
• 11 July – Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), poet and hymn-writer, 83^[44]
• 28 July – David Lewis, Carmarthenshire priest and writer, 90?
• 2 September – Charles Williams-Wynn, politician, 74^[45]
• 19 December – George Williams, politician, 85^[46]

See also

• 1850 in Ireland

Notes and References

1. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 24.
2. Book: J.C. Sainty . John Sainty (civil servant) . List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 . Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd . London . 1979.
3. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 695.
4. Book: Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. 169.
5. News: Editorial. 17 January 2022. Welshman. 6 October 1865.
6. Book: Edwin Poole. The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. 1886. 378.
7. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 26.
8. Web site: Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx.. History of Parliament Online. 5 December 2021.
9. Web site: Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint. History of Parliament Online. 16 January 2022.
10. Web site: TALBOT, Christopher Rice Mansel (1803-1890), of Penrice Castle and Margam Park, Glam.. History of Parliament Online. 18 January 2022.
11. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
12. Book: Amy Audrey Locke. The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. 1916. 147.
13. Web site: Hanbury Tracy, Charles (1778–1858), of Toddington, Glos. and Gregynog, Mont.. History of Parliament Online. 2 July 2013.
14. Web site: Thorne . R.G. . John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire . History of Parliament . 27 March 2020.
15. Book: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
16. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Handbook of British chronology . New York Cambridge University Press . Cambridge England . 1996 . 9780521563505 . 292.
17. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
18. Book: Frederick Arthur Crisp. Joseph Jackson Howard. Visitation of England and Wales. 1898. 15.
19. Book: Nicholas Harris Nicolas. The historic peerage of England: Revised, corrected, and continued ... by William Courthope. John Murray. 1857. 533.
20. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
21. Book: Old Yorkshire, volume 3. 1882. 90.
22. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 307.
23. Book: The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. 95.
24. Book: Steve Skinner. Hydraulic Fluid Power – A Historical Timeline. 19 July 2014. 978-1-291-67689-1. 42.
25. Book: Brian Ll James. G. T. Clark: Scholar Ironmaster in the Victorian Age. 1998. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1500-2. 14.
26. News: Opening of the South Wales Railway. The Morning Post. 19 June 1850. 3.
27. Book: Goodman, David . The European cities and technology reader : industrial to post-industrial city . Routledge, in association with the Open University . London New York . 1999 . 9780415200820 . 13.
28. Book: Jerry Hunter. Jerry Hunter. Sons of Arthur, Children of Lincoln: Welsh Writing from the American Civil War. 2007. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-2020-4. 43.
29. Book: Robert Lindsay Galloway. Annuals of Coal Mining and the Coal Trade: Second series. 1836-1850.. David and Charles. 1971. 123.
30. Book: The Carmarthenshire Antiquary: The Transactions of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club. Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club. 1988. 86.
31. Web site: Cof Cymru – National Historic Assets of Wales – Full Report for Listed Buildings – Faendre Hall. Cadw – Cof Cymru. https://web.archive.org/web/20201228214421/https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=13945. 28 December 2020.
32. News: Inside the grand manor house for sale that was once used as the backdrop for a Doctor Who Christmas day special . 5 May 2020 . Bronte Howard . Wales Online . 28 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201228214642if_/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/welsh-homes/st-mellons-manor-cardiff-sale-18202227 . 28 December 2020 . dead.
33. Book: Stephens, Meic . The new companion to the literature of Wales . University of Wales Press . Cardiff . 1998 . 9780708313831 . 230.
34. Book: Hobsbawm, E. J. Hobsbawm. Eric Hobsbawm. Terence Ranger. The Invention of Tradition. 31 July 1992. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-43773-8. 64.
35. Book: Gareth Williams. Valleys of Song: Music and Society in Wales 1840–1914. 1998. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1480-7. 32.
36. Rhys . James Ednyfed . Rees, Evan (Dyfed; 1850–1923), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and archdruid of Wales . s-REES-EVA-1850 . National Library of Wales . 2 August 2018 . 1959.
37. Web site: BBC – south east Wales historical figures – Griffith J Griffith . 14 May 2010 . BBC. 14 May 2010. BBC website .
38. s-THOM-GIL-1850. Thomas, Sidney Gilchrist (1850–1885), metallurgist and inventor. William Llewelyn Davies. National Library of Wales. 18 September 2019.
39. Book: Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players . Davies . Gareth . Garland . Ian . 1991 . Bridge Books . 1-872424-11-2. 33.
40. Web site: John Evan Davies. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Williams. Griffith John. 12 July 2017.
41. Owen, Owen (1850–1920), first chief inspector of the Central Welsh Board for Intermediate Education in Wales. s-OWEN-OWE-1850. National Library of Wales. Edgar William Jones. 18 September 2019.
42. s-HUGH-EDW-1772. Hughes, Edward ('Y Dryw'; 1772-1850), eisteddfodic poet. Robert William Hughes. National Library of Wales. 3 September 2020.
43. Book: Bernard Burke. The Heraldic Register, 1849-1850: With an Introductory Essay on Heraldry, and an Annotated Obituary. 1850. E. Churton. 3.
44. s-WILL-ROB-1766. Williams, Robert (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu; 1766-1850), poet. Stephen Joseph Williams. National Library of Wales. 3 September 2020.
45. Book: The Illustrated London News. 1850. Leighton. 207.
46. Book: William Duncombe Pink. Alfred Beaven. The Parliamentary Representation of Lancashire, (county and Borough), 1258-1885: With Biographical and Genealogical Notices of the Members. H. Gray. 1889. 340.